Gender medicine as a tool for implementing the right to health.

IF 0.8 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RISK & SAFETY IN MEDICINE Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.3233/JRS-227009

Francesca Rescigno

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Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the interest in the right to health, which represents a relatively new concept brought about by progress in medical science and the evolution of societies. The Italian Constitution, in article 32, states the right to health without specifications about the parameter of sex, assuming that this fundamental right is property of women and men indiscriminately.

Objective: To assess whether the right to health has actually been achieved in an equal way from the standpoint of sex, and whether a hypothetically "neutral" approach is actually convincing and profitable in this context.

Methods: This paper analyzes the topic of gender medicine from a scientific and legal perspective, based on current medical literature and its implementation in the Italian and European legal systems.

Results: Gender medicine is the only credible response to sex- and gender-based inequalities affecting the right to health, as it provides tools to address persisting inequalities in prevention and treatment, thus pursuing health for all: women and men.

Conclusions: The importance of this path was underlined also by the Summit and the Rome Declaration of 21 May 2021, acknowledging that the topic of sex and gender can no longer be overlooked in focusing a correct and equal healthcare approach.

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性别医学作为落实健康权的工具。

背景:2019冠状病毒病大流行增加了人们对健康权的关注，健康权是医学科学进步和社会演变带来的一个相对较新的概念。《意大利宪法》第32条规定了健康权，但没有具体说明性别参数，并假定这项基本权利是男女不分青红皂白的财产。目标:从性别的角度评估健康权是否确实以平等的方式实现，以及在这方面，假设的"中立"做法是否确实令人信服和有益。方法:本文根据目前的医学文献及其在意大利和欧洲法律体系中的实施情况，从科学和法律的角度分析性别医学的主题。结果:性别医学是对影响健康权的基于性别和性别的不平等现象的唯一可靠对策，因为它提供了解决预防和治疗方面持续存在的不平等现象的工具，从而实现人人享有健康:妇女和男子。结论:首脑会议和2021年5月21日的《罗马宣言》也强调了这条道路的重要性，承认在聚焦正确和平等的保健方法时，不能再忽视性和社会性别主题。

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RISK & SAFETY IN MEDICINE PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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2.20

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17.60%

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102

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine is concerned with rendering the practice of medicine as safe as it can be; that involves promoting the highest possible quality of care, but also examining how those risks which are inevitable can be contained and managed. This is not exclusively a drugs journal. Recently it was decided to include in the subtitle of the journal three items to better indicate the scope of the journal, i.e. patient safety, pharmacovigilance and liability and the Editorial Board was adjusted accordingly. For each of these sections an Associate Editor was invited. We especially want to emphasize patient safety.